VOA Khmer
Memorial project educates youth on Khmer Rouge
More than 20 memorials have been built in Cambodian high schools since 2010, in an effort to educate young people about the Khmer Rouge. The aim of the project is to teach about genocide in order to prevent its return. ...
Sou Pisen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/memorial-project-educates-youth-on-khmer-rouge/2871837.html
Authorities issue eviction order of historic ‘White Building’
Phnom Penh authorities have issued a notice to evict residents of a run-down historical building in the middle of the city. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/authorities-issue-eviction-order-of-historic-white-building/2870470.html
Cambodia tycoon arrested after alleged attack of actress
A Cambodian real estate magnate whose violent assault of a female TV star was captured on video was arrested Saturday, authorities said, in a case that has sparked national outrage. He returned to Cambodia on Saturday, two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen called the ...
VOA Khmer News Staff
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-tycoon-arrested-after-alleged-attack-of-actress/2869273.html
Police installing CCTV cameras at major intersections
Cambodian national police have begun installing closed-circuit TV cameras at traffic lights, in hopes of better enforcing traffic laws and to assist authorities in solving crimes. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/police-installing-cctv-cameras-at-major-intersections/2866701.html
UN responds to Hun Sen’s map request
The UN has responded to a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen for a pre-Khmer Rouge era map that he hopes will help resolve border disputes with Vietnam. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/un-responds-to-hun-sen-map-request/2866459.html
Gov’t grants funding for special olympic team
The Cambodian government has granted $20,000 to the national Special Olympics team, for travel and competition at this year’s games in Los Angeles later this month. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/govt-grants-funding-for-special-olympic-team/2865153.html
Hun Sen denies loss of land to border encroachment
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday that neither he nor his government has caused any loss of territory to bordering countries. His statement comes amid a diplomatic row with Vietnam, which has been working on ponds, a road and a military outpost in contested ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-denies-loss-of-land-to-border-encroachment/2865171.html
Opposition VP calls for plurality in politics
Kem Sokha, the vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, is currently in Paris. He did not attend a recent dinner with the families of Rescue Party President Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen. But speaking to opposition supporters in France, he ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-vp-calls-for-plurality-in-politics/2865140.html
Students knuckle down to prepare for cheating-free exam
Hean Chanthorn, 20, a grade 12 student from Chea Sim Santhor Mok High School in Phnom Penh, says he wakes at 4 a.m. every morning to revise. He heads to school at 6 a.m. and stays there until 7:30 in the evening. After dinner, Chanthorn ...
Leng Sreynich
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/students-knuckle-down-to-prepare-for-cheating-free-exam/2862364.html
Assembly president won’t postpone border demarcation
National Assembly President Heng Samrin has refused a request from opposition lawmakers to suspend border demarcation through the 2018 national elections. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/assembly-president-wont-postpone-border-demarcation/2862812.html
Opposition leader seeks muslim political support
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy met with Cambodian Muslim leaders recently, promising a broad range of political concessions important to their community. ...
Ser Sayana and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-opposition-leader-seeks-muslim-political-support/2859935.html
Transparency watchdog deals discounts to fight corruption
Transparency International Cambodia has launched a new campaign to encourage citizens to fight corruption, issuing a card that provides discounts with more than 100 companies to people who vow to work against the practice. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/transparency-watchdog-deals-discounts-to-fight-corruption/2858632.html
Vietnam agrees to halt construction in border areas
The Vietnamese government has agreed to halt construction of roads, a police station and ponds near Cambodian border areas, following three days of border talks in Phnom Penh. Many people are concerned that the map currently in use for border talks was made by Vietnam ...
Neou Vannarin and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/vietnam-agrees-to-halt-construction-in-border-areas/2857578.html
Gov’t official defends draft law on NGOs
A senior government official on Wednesday defended the controversial draft law to regulate NGOs, as members of the government and civil society met in Phnom Penh. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/govt-official-defends-draft-law-on-ngos/2855162.html
Legal expert says draft law could inhibit future NGOs
Hundreds of opponents to a controversial law to regulate NGOs met in a hotel in Phnom Penh Tuesday, as a campaign against the passage of the legislation continues. Zach Lampell, a legal advisor at the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, told those gathered that he had ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/legal-expert-says-draft-law-could-inhibit-future-ngos/2853608.html
Cambodian fishermen hope for crackdown on illegal Thai fishing
Thailand’s fishing industry has received a “yellow card” warning from the European Union for failing to address illegal fishing operations. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-fishermen-hope-for-crackdown-on-illegal-thai-fishing/2850813.html
Lawmaker urges more cooperation to prevent force fishing labor
Cambodian authorities must cooperate with Thailand to reform illegal fishing practices there, a lawmaker says. The governments of Cambodia and Thailand “have not been talking seriously to put strict conditions” on labor practices, she said. “They tend to deal with the problem case by casewith ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/lawmaker-urges-more-cooperation-to-prevent-force-fishing-labor/2850581.html
Group claims suit against rights worker is intimidation
The international watchdog Frontline Defenders has called on Cambodian authorities to drop a defamation lawsuit against a prominent human rights worker. Ny Chakrya, head of legal assistance for the rights group Adhoc, is facing a suit filed by two court officials in Siem Reap province last ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/group-claims-suit-against-rights-worker-is-intimidation/2850618.html
UN Secretary-General encourages bilateral talks over border
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been following developments on the Cambodia-Vietnam border and “welcomes the agreement of both countries to establish a Joint Working Group to examine and clarify recent incidents,” his spokeswoman, Eri Kaneko, told VOA Khmer. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/un-secretary-general-encourages-bilateral-talks-over-border/2847792.html
IMF expects economic growth of 7 percent this year
The International Monetary Fund expects Cambodia’s economic growth rate to remain stable at around 7 percent this year, while inflation is expected to rise. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/imf-expects-economic-growth-of-7-percent-this-year/2847775.html
Without new skills, Cambodian workers face challenges in ASEAN
With Asean integration growing closer, Cambodia’s workers will need new skills if they are to compete in an open region, labor experts say. Cambodia’s industry brings in billions of dollars for the economy and employs more than 600,000 workers, but it will not be able ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/without-new-skills-cambodian-workers-face-challenges-in-asean/2847736.html
Health advertisements encourage better care for children with pneumonia
Unicef and the Ministry of Health have prepared four spots to raise awareness in the care of newborns and young children with illnesses. The ads, for radio and television, aim at improving the country’s high child mortality rate. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/health-ads-encourage-better-care-for-children-with-pneumonia/2845123.html
Parliamentarian rails against protests against NGO law
A ruling party lawmaker says pro-democracy and rights groups staging protests against a draft law at the National Assembly are trying to “topple the government.” On Wednesday, Chheang Vun, a lawmaker for the Cambodian People’s Party, said three days of protests over the draft are ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/parliamentarian-rails-against-protests-against-ngo-law/2846346.html
Weak institutions hurting Cambodia’s growth, analyst says
Cambodia has undergone some reform to improve its institutions, but analysts say a lack of leadership is preventing deeper change. Strong political institutions are required for continued economic growth, but the capacity of Cambodia’s state institutions remains weak. ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/weak-institutions-hurting-cambodia-growth-analyst-says/2843134.html